cant get iptables to work

[makenbaccon]

I can't get my firewall up and running. When I run my bash script, I get this message:

* Starting iptables WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.4.4: can't initialize iptables table `raw': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.4.4: can't initialize iptables table `raw': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

my current kernel is 2.6.3-3

my current iptables is v1.4.4

If you need my bash script, I can post that too.

[josephmills]

I can't get my firewall up and running. When I run my bash script, I get this message:



my current kernel is 2.6.3-3

my current iptables is v1.4.4

If you need my bash script, I can post that too.

Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
first try

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get upgrade

what repos are you using?

[makenbaccon]

repos? what are these?

And after both updating and upgrading I have the same problem.

[josephmills]

repos? what are these?

And after both updating and upgrading I have the same problem.

Please take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_repository
to see them in ubuntu there are a couple of ways the easy way is to go to ubuntu software center then edit then software sources then look at the tabs that will tell you what repos you have

[alphacrucis2]

Goodness. That kernel is from 2004. Did Ubuntu exist then? Maybe the kernel version no is a typo.

[makenbaccon]

Goodness. That kernel is from 2004. Did Ubuntu exist then? Maybe the kernel version no is a typo.

that's the kernel version, my version of ubuntu is 10.10

[makenbaccon]

by the way, I'm doing this through an ssh client, so any tips should not have anything to do with a GUI.

Anyone know how I can deal with this?

[sandyd]

by the way, I'm doing this through an ssh client, so any tips should not have anything to do with a GUI.

Anyone know how I can deal with this?

it does not have anything to do with GUI.

Your kernel does not have the propper configuration in order to run Iptables.

Which means either
a) Too old.

b) Does not have

  │ Symbol: IP_NF_IPTABLES [=y]                                                                            │   
  │ Type  : tristate                                                                                       │   
  │ Prompt: IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)                                            │   
  │   Defined at net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig:52                                                             │   
  │   Depends on: NET [=y] && INET [=y] && NETFILTER [=y]                                                  │   
  │   Location:                                                                                            │   
  │     -> Networking support (NET [=y])                                                                   │   
  │       -> Networking options                                                                            │   
  │         -> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) (NETFILTER [=y])                             │   
  │           -> IP: Netfilter Configuration                                                               │   
  │   Selects: NETFILTER_XTABLES [=y]

enabled in the kernel configuration.

Ill guess a).

post output of

lsb_release -a

[makenbaccon]

it does not have anything to do with GUI.

Your kernel does not have the propper configuration in order to run Iptables.

Which means either
a) Too old.

b) Does not have

  │ Symbol: IP_NF_IPTABLES [=y]                                                                            │   
  │ Type  : tristate                                                                                       │   
  │ Prompt: IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)                                            │   
  │   Defined at net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig:52                                                             │   
  │   Depends on: NET [=y] && INET [=y] && NETFILTER [=y]                                                  │   
  │   Location:                                                                                            │   
  │     -> Networking support (NET [=y])                                                                   │   
  │       -> Networking options                                                                            │   
  │         -> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) (NETFILTER [=y])                             │   
  │           -> IP: Netfilter Configuration                                                               │   
  │   Selects: NETFILTER_XTABLES [=y]

enabled in the kernel configuration.

Ill guess a).

post output of

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

[sandyd]

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

sudo apt-get install linux-server linux-image-2.6.35-28-server

also, is this server in question on some web service such as Amazon EC2? Or VPS?
If yes, then ask technical support to upgrade your kernel. Or in the case of Amazon EC2, choose a newer AMI. There are some very annoying VPS providers these days where they don't set proper openvz/xen configurations, and when the kernel of a VPS is upgraded, everything screws up.

and also your running all of the commands through ssh right?